Search Results: Titles starting with U from Langdon Manor Books LLC

[Hardwood and covered caskets salesman's sample photo archive comprised of 157 photographs of wooden and metal caskets for burials, before and after World War II, including additional sample images from such manufacturers as Central Metallic Casket Co. , The Merit Co. , National Casket Co. , Northern Casket Co. , and even a price list for the Root-Matthews Casket Co. , Price List. Hardwood caskets contained in casket catalog. . . ]. [Boyertown, PA, Chicago, IL, Lynn, IN, Boston, MA, Fond du Lac, WI, Des Moines, IA: Boyertown Burial Casket Co. , Central Metallic Casket Co. , The Merit Co. , Meyer Manufacturing Corp. , National Casket Co. , Northern Casket Co. , Root-Matthews Casket Co. , ca. 1922-1950]. Archive with 157 photographs (most silver gelatin, some colour) , sized from 5 x 8 in. Up to 13.5 x 8.5 in. (landscape format) , many linen-backed, including 1 double-page folding linen-backed, some rounded corners, the majority with product & manufacturing information listed on the versos, some w/… Read More

Memphis, Tennessee: US, Incorporated, 1954. 12" x 9". Stapled wrappers. Pp. 32. Very good plus with minimal wear and light toning. This is the first, and only, issue of US Magazine, published by a group of noteworthy African Americans in Memphis, Tennessee. It's filled with well-written articles, features and over 80 images covering important African American individuals and accomplishments in the 1950s. As this was its inaugural issue, the editors dedicated an entire page to sharing the goals of the magazine. US wanted to "portray the achievements of the Southern Negro in pictorial format" and to "spotlight the efforts of persons of good-will who seek America's greatest destiny in improving race relations and establishing greater understanding among all her citizens." It touted itself as "the authentic voice that will tell the thrilling story of the New South" and promised to be "wholesome, educational, inspirational, entertaining, and, always, a synonym for human dignity." Importantly, the… Read More

[Maplewood, New Jersey]: Scholastic Magazines, 1969. Very good -. 30¼" x 43¾", folds to 7½" x 11". Two-sided poster. Very good minus: ex-library, with a stamp and label; remnants of adhesive at edges in four spots; 1" tear at an intersection not affecting any text; lightly dust-soiled. This is a large educational poster with one side devoted to a heavily illustrated timeline of African American history with text written by an accomplished African American professor, Norman Hodges. According to the poster, Hodges was teaching at Hampton Institute as of the date of issuance. According to a flyer for a Hodges talk that we located online in the massive FBI file on Malcom X that was declassified in December 1983, Hodges grew up in Michigan and was an alumnus of Fisk University, the London School of Economics, Yale, and Columbia. He received his doctorate in African Studies from Columbia and around the time the poster was issued, Hodges accepted a position at Vassar where he ultimately became the… Read More